Middle Peninsula attorneys endorse Mike Soberick for judge

The Middle Peninsula Bar Association held a special meeting on Jan. 31 and endorsed by majority vote Gloucester attorney Mike Soberick Sr. as a candidate for General District Court.

The meeting was held to endorse a candidate in the event that presiding General District Court Judge Jeffrey Shaw is appointed to the Circuit Court post vacated by the retired Judge R. Bruce Long, said a spokeswoman for the association.

Four candidates were interviewed by the bar, the spokeswoman said, and included:

--Richard Langhorne, an attorney in Gloucester;

--Jeffrey Rountree, an attorney who practices primarily in York-Poquoson and Newport News and who was selected as a sub-judge for the Ninth Judicial District about a year ago as chosen by Ninth District Circuit Court judges;

--Stephanie Merritt, who is in-house counsel for the Department of Forensic Science in Richmond. Merritt lives in King William County, the spokeswoman said.